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A DISMEMBERED corpse found in the Royal Canal, Dublin, last week was wearing the Ireland away football shirt, gardai said yesterday. Officers said he was black and in his twenties.

Boy stabbed

A TEENAGE boy was critically ill in hospital after he was stabbed in the stomach in north Belfast early yesterday during a confrontation between two groups of youths in the Cliftonville Avenue area.

Drugs seizure

A MAN aged 33 was being questioned by gardai last night over the seizure of cocaine and cannabis in the Garryowen area of Limerick. The drugs were said to have an estimated street value of €320,000.

DUP to name South Belfast candidate

THE DUP plans to announce a candidate for the South Belfast constituency on Tuesday, putting to an end hopes of a pact with the Ulster Unionists. “The DUP will definitely be contesting all 18 constituencies,” a party source said.